New Impact Offerings, Polio Survivor to Ironman Finisher, Make Money From, Transforming Recycling, SuperCrowdBaltimore, Chapter 4: Impact Crowdfunding, and Kinect Capital Live Pitch
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LPPFusion Featured Among New Impact Offerings - March 25, 2024
Each week, Superpowers for Good shares a list of new impact-related offerings added to FINRA-Registered crowdfunding portals and by broker-dealers. We’ll share four separate lists:
Impact offerings as determined by KingsCrowd reviews.
Offerings with minority founders.
Deals with women founders.
Those with LGBTQ founders.
Unbreakable Spirit: Minda Dentler's Journey from Polio Survivor to Ironman Finisher
AI Episode Summary
1. Devin Thorpe hosts the "Superpowers for Good" show and introduces his guest Minda Dentler, an author, triathlete, Ironman competitor, and polio survivor.
2. Minda shares her origin story. Born in India and paralyzed by polio at six months old, which led to being adopted and growing up in Spokane, Washington, where she overcame challenges with her parents' support.
3. She reflects on her athletic journey, starting hand cycling at 28 and triathlons at 30, leading to her competing and eventually completing the Kona Ironman World Championship after failing on her first attempt.
4. Minda discusses how her parents raised her with high expectations, which led her to internalize the belief that her disability shouldn't hold her back.
5. She touches upon her motivation for maintaining rigorous athletic training alongside her full-time job and the importance of setting goals and having a supportive community.
6. Minda became involved in polio awareness, partially inspired by vaccinating her daughter and witnessing firsthand the impact of vaccine accessibility in India.
7. Through her speaking engagements, including a TED talk, she raises awareness for polio eradication and shares her story to inspire others.
8. Minda has written a children's book titled The Girl Who Figured It Out inspired by her own experience growing up with a disability and wanting to provide representation and inspiration for children today.
9. She enjoys sharing her story with children in schools and is motivated by helping the next generation both perceive differently abled individuals positively and pursue their own dreams.
10. Minda concludes with an invitation to connect with her and follow her work through her website (mindadentler.com) and on various social media platforms, where she is available for speaking engagements and to share her story more widely.
SuperCrowdHour: Why You Should Make Money From Your Impact Crowdfunding Investments
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In the opening chapter of my new book, How to Make Money with Impact Crowdfunding, I delve into the essential yet often overlooked reasons why earning money through impactful investments is not just beneficial but necessary. Today, I’ll share them in this SuperCrowdHour webinar at 1:00 Eastern/10 Pacific.
Transforming Recycling: A Mission of Empowerment and Environmental Stewardship
AI Episode Summary
1. Michael Maggio is the CEO and founder of iWrc (Informal Waste Recycling Consortium), a company focusing on recycling and poverty alleviation.
2. Michael’s journey with iWrc began during his tenure at Johnson & Johnson, where, tasked with sustainability goals, he aimed to use recycled material in packaging.
3. On a trip to Brazil, after proposing the use of recycled material, Michael was taken to a local recycling co-op, where he was confronted with poor working conditions for those sorting recyclables.
4. The conditions prompted the creation of Project Phoenix to train and certify recycling cooperatives to become part of Johnson & Johnson’s supply chain.
5. When Michael decided to leave J&J and pursue this full-time, J&J supported him and became iWrc's first client on the condition he involved other companies.
6. iWrc operates by forming a consortium of corporations aiming to use recycled materials responsibly, addressing the entire supply chain for both social and environmental impact.
7. iWrc's model ensures that current workers in recycling co-ops are trained and integrated into improved processing streams rather than replaced.
8. Michael highlights the critical role that seeing hope plays in his leadership and approach to business, using hope to transform perspectives and inspire changemaking efforts.
9. Through storytelling, Michael and his team sustain morale by highlighting "People First" moments that celebrate successes and learn from challenges.
10. Interested individuals or companies can get involved with iWrc or learn more about their work by visiting their website, checking out iWrc University for training videos, or connecting with Michael via LinkedIn.
Super Crowd Baltimore
This post is originally posted on The Dot Connecters
I finally got to meet Devin Thorpe at SuperCrowdBaltimore last week. As I noted a few weeks ago, he and I “met” at the height of the pandemic and have been working together on issues we both care about ever since. Of late, that has focused on how we can collaborate through the work he does to promote crowdfunded investment in companies promoting social change and what I do in grass roots peacebuilding.
So, it was a no brainer for me to go to the conference he organized that focused on the work along those lines that is already being done in Baltimore. It is, after all, only an hour away from me, and I knew that there was a lot going on there.
Chapter 4: Impact Crowdfunding
I’m not a financial advisor; nothing I write in Superpowers for Good should be considered investment advice. You should seek appropriate counsel before making investment decisions.
Each Friday, I’ll be sharing my new book, How to Make Money with Impact Crowdfunding, exclusively with the “Impact Members of the SuperCrowd” (our paying subscribers). You can read last week’s chapter here.
Impact Crowdfunding happens at the intersection of regulated investment crowdfunding and impact investing. This is where ordinary investors get to participate.
Have Your Cake and Eat it Too
The best thing about impact crowdfunding is that it is a bit like having your cake and eating it, too. You can use your money to support a cause or mission you care about and potentially get the money back with interest or appreciation.
In Chapter 2, we discussed the magic of impact investing and how you can use your money for impact while earning a financial return. In this chapter, we’ll dig further into the ways you can use RIC to become an impact investor.
Watch the Kinect Capital Live Pitch Live!
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Upcoming SuperCrowd Event Calendar
If a location is not noted, the events below are virtual.
SuperCrowd24, April 17-18: This two-day virtual event is our biggest of the year. Don’t miss it. Use the discount code “SuperCrowd” to save 50 percent.
Impact Cherub Club Meeting hosted by The Super Crowd, Inc., a public benefit corporation, on April 23, 2024, at 1:00 PM Eastern. Each month, the Club meets to review new offerings for investment consideration and to conduct due diligence on previously screened deals. Everyone is welcome to join these free events.
SuperCrowdChicago, June 12, 2024. This in-person event at the B&O Rail Museum features some of Chicago’s prominent citizens and community leaders, along with crowdfunding experts. Use the discount code “SuperCrowd” to save 30 percent!
SuperCrowdHour, April 24, 2024, at 1:00 Eastern. We’ll talk with Chip Hauss and other peacebuilders about the role of investment crowdfunding in community building.
Recently, we created an AI GPT to help you learn more about The Super Crowd, Inc., a public benefit corporation, and our upcoming events. Click here to try it.
SuperCrowd Community Event Calendar
Incredible New Developments in the Move Your Money Movement, AMIBA, April 11.
Investment Crowdfunding Demystified, Crowdfund Better, April 23 at 2:00 PM ET
Move Your Money Month, April 2024, American Independent Business Alliance
Crowdfunding Professional Association Webinar, May 8, 2:00 PM ET
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